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The Siesta

Paul Gauguin, 1892 – 1894
The Siesta, Paul Gauguin
The Siesta, zoomed in
35 cmThe Siesta scale comparison45 cm

The Siesta is a Post-Impressionist Oil on Canvas Painting created by Paul Gauguin from 1892 to 1894. It lives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Cloisonnism, Women and Sleep. SourceDownloadSee The Siesta in the Kaleidoscope

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